CYCLISTS / BIKE-FITS:
We know and love cycling! Mountain, road, cyclocross, gravel, endurance, sprints. We specialize in reducing pain on and off the bike, with specialties in bike fit, understanding the training loads, training zones, intervals, and demands of this sport. Bikes are inherently not set up to fit the rider with random pedal spindle widths, bar widths, reach, height, crank lengths and most of the time we are just guessing at position.
At PhysioMender, we perform on and off the bike assessments, so that we fit the bike to the rider, but also help people to understand how asymmetries and imbalances can really affect performance and symptoms, especially when we are talking about thousands and thousands of repetitions in this position. Getting the fit right is key, but so is working on your body, to set yourself up for successful riding all of your life. Comfort is always the primary goal of bike fit, then efficiency, and depending on your goals optimizing speed and aerodynamics to match your target distance.
We also specialize in developing off the bike strength, neuromuscular, and mobility training, specifically to make you ride better, but also to make you perform better in normal life because let’s face it, cycling as a sport is a whole lot of sitting, and unfortunately, the research is quite strong for displaying how how sitting is the #1 contributor to neck, thoracic, lumbar, and hip pain and dysfunction.
We also know that although the less weight-bearing of cycling feels nice on joints, tendons, and ligaments, the low low loads also predispose us to low bone density problems like osteopenia/ osteoporosis. So it’s good to have a more balanced approach to exercise as we are seeing more and more data that shows how effective even small amounts of a time commitment for strength training will drastically improve all levels of cycling performance. PhysioMender providers are experts at determining what exercise progression would benefit you the most, as continue to move forward on your health, fitness, and longevity journey.